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Earthquake Details
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 6.8
Date-Time Sunday, January 01, 2012 at 05:27:54 UTC Sunday,January01,2012at 02:27:54PM at epicenter Time of Earthquakein otherTimeZones
Location 31.416°N, 138.155°E
Depth 348.5 km (216.6 miles)
Region IZU ISLANDS, JAPANREGION
Distances 242 km (150 miles) SW of Hachijo-jima, Izu Islands, Japan 365 km (226 miles) S of Hamamatsu, Honshu, Japan 393 km (244 miles) S of Shizuoka, Honshu, Japan 495 km (307 miles) SSW of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty horizontal+/- 14.3 km (8.9miles);depth +/- 9.7km (6.0miles)
Parameters NST=618, Nph=618, Dmin=244.9 km, Rmss=0.67 sec, Gp= 25°, M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
Source Magnitude: NOAA West Coastand Alaska Tsunami Warning Center,Palmer, Alaska, USA Location: USGSNEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usc0007fbh
Originally posted by elpistolero1
earthquake just hit Japan
USGS info
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 7.0
Date-Time
Sunday, January 01, 2012 at 05:27:54 UTC
Sunday, January 01, 2012 at 02:27:54 PM at epicenter
Location 31.416°N, 138.155°E
Depth 348.5 km (216.6 miles)
Region IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
Distances 242 km (150 miles) SW of Hachijo-jima, Izu Islands, Japan
365 km (226 miles) S of Hamamatsu, Honshu, Japan
393 km (244 miles) S of Shizuoka, Honshu, Japan
495 km (307 miles) SSW of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 14.3 km (8.9 miles); depth +/- 9.7 km (6.0 miles)
Parameters NST=618, Nph=618, Dmin=244.9 km, Rmss=0.67 sec, Gp= 25°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=9
Source
Magnitude: NOAA West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, Palmer, Alaska, USA
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usc0007fbh
Originally posted by randyvs
My heart is with you all who are in Japan.
Hope there isn't one injury.
Originally posted by iAnjo
Thanks for the info guys, all I can say is wow.
Huge earthquake on new years, what else is to come?
Originally posted by UnlimitedSky
reply to post by iAnjo
Hi,
I hope with all my heart that Japan NEVER goes through what it when through and that this one does not cause any fatilities and damage.Though you say this was a big one. Please keep us posted, although I am sure many of us will search for news on this.
I have a lump in my throat, because I have always felt (unexplainably) that the Japanese are actaully a very gentle and kind people, with a quiet still spriritual nature. I am talking here of the Japanese as a collective energy.
Please God, keep them safe.
Originally posted by bluemirage5
Just as I predicted for early Jan for both CHCH and Japan.......
AND again expect around 16-20 January for Japan and CHCH 5.0+/6.0
also watch Indonesia, Chile, PNG regions